UNISON’s health conference finished with debates on a variety of motions with implications on recruitment and retention
2023 National Health Conference
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Conference debates ambulance and privatisation issues and discusses how to make the union ‘ballot ready’
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UNISON health conference is told: ‘Everyone in this room is carrying the trauma of the last three years’
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Four motions on pay covering the recent NHS offer, the pay review body, flat rate pay uplifts and a nurses only pay spine, were debated in Bournemouth
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Campaigns on overtime, reducing the working week and protecting the NHS pension were among the other key topics discussed by delegates
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General secretary opens UNISON’s health conference, telling delegates: ‘What you do matters to everyone in this country. You are at the centre of the big political debate in our country’